#843 - Quick response

The moment Slim and Calvo clashed with Rodolphus, the battle officially began.

And then, there was nothing after that...

After all, this was a 17-on-2 situation, and the distance between the two sides was only about ten meters. Even if these Death Eaters hadn't cast a spell in over a decade and didn't have wands in their hands,

the Aurors stationed at Azkaban didn't have many opportunities to fight either. So, expecting Slim and Calvo to suddenly display great power was clearly wishful thinking.

If the Auror guards had reacted sooner and carried out an organized interception in advance, the effect might not have been so tragic. But at a distance of only ten meters, even if the Death Eaters randomly threw spells, it would be enough to give them a hard time.

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Therefore, this sudden encounter didn't produce any suspense. In just one exchange, the two Aurors were forced back into the room by the overwhelming spells. Calvo, who was slower to react, was even hit by an attacking spell, leaving a gash on his right shoulder.

"No, we can't hold them off!"

As soon as he retreated into the room, Slim hurriedly closed the metal door and braced his body against it. What he was thinking about now wasn't whether he could stop them from escaping, but whether they would suffer at the hands of these Death Eaters.

After all, even if this broken door was made of thick metal and enchanted with some protective spells, it definitely couldn't withstand the enemy's destruction.

Bask, who was in the room, had just finished reporting to the Ministry of Magic and hadn't even had time to take the next step when Slim and Calvo were pushed back, giving him a big scare.

Then, Bask didn't have time to worry about anything else and could only prioritize taking care of the injured Calvo. As for what their fate would be next, they could only leave it to destiny.

However, contrary to Slim's worries, they didn't encounter an attack from the Death Eaters. The sounds outside the door even gradually became quiet.

"Could it be that they don't intend to kill anyone and have all run away?" Slim wondered. After another few dozen seconds, there was almost no sound outside the door.

At this point, Slim mustered his courage and opened the door a crack, peeking outside.

Only then did he confirm that the Death Eaters hadn't lingered, nor had they thought about pressing their advantage. They had all disappeared.

"How is it?" Bask, who was tending to the injured man, turned his head. He also wanted to know what the situation was like outside.

Slim shook his head. "There's no one left. They probably went to the top floor through the passage!"

"So, they didn't think about paying any attention to us." Bask's expression became serious. "It seems these guys were prepared long ago, otherwise their efficiency couldn't be so high."

Just as the two were muttering, a noise suddenly came from the corridor across the room leading to the upper level, scaring Slim into quickly closing the door. He thought the Death Eaters had turned back.

But soon, the Aurors in the room heard a familiar voice, belonging to Scrimgeour, the current head of the Auror Command Office in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

"Slim! Bask! Calvo! Umbridge! Where the hell are you?"

Upon hearing this, Slim quickly opened the door and saw a dozen fully armed Aurors leaning against the wall, on full alert. Only Scrimgeour, bold from his skill, stood in the middle of the corridor, shouting loudly.

"Captain!"

Although Slim and the others were Azkaban guards, they were theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, so they addressed Scrimgeour as usual.

"Where are the escapees? Didn't you report that a large number of prisoners were escaping?" Scrimgeour saw the empty corridor and the unharmed Slim after opening the door, and he was immediately furious. He stepped forward and grabbed the other man by the collar.

Clearly, Scrimgeour now thought that Slim and the others had made a false report, otherwise why would everything still be so peaceful here?

It wasn't Scrimgeour's fault for overthinking. Slim and the others' clash with the Death Eaters had only lasted a moment, with only a dozen or twenty spells thrown at each other. It hadn't even caused much damage to the scene. Plus, the environment of Azkaban was already dilapidated, so no one could tell that a battle had just broken out here.

"Captain, the escapees... they've probably already Apparated away from the upper level!" Slim said with a bitter face, his voice trembling as he reported to Scrimgeour.

"What? Already ran? What the hell are you guys doing? Are you all useless?" Scrimgeour glared at Slim in uncontrollable anger.

It wasn't surprising that he was so angry. After years of training by Anduin, the Auror Command Office's reaction time was now very fast.

It took them less than 5 minutes from receiving the report to arriving at the scene. This was only because Azkaban wasn't in Britain and was too far away.

And the result? In such a short time, these guards of Slim were actually able to let all the prisoners run away. Didn't that mean they had brushed shoulders with the escapees? Who wouldn't be furious?

In addition, Slim's unharmed appearance made Scrimgeour even more annoyed. These guards couldn't escape at least a charge of dereliction of duty.→

However, Scrimgeour quickly restrained his anger. Since the prisoners had only just escaped, the most important thing now was to race against time and pursue them with all possible means. That way, there might still be a chance to intercept them.

"What exactly happened? Keep it short! Quick!" Scrimgeour didn't give Slim a good look, asking with a dark face.

"Yes! Captain..." Slim tremblingly told Scrimgeour everything that had happened before, concisely.

Of course, he wasn't really that honest, explaining all the details so clearly. After all, in reality, they had only clashed with the Death Eaters for one round before shrinking back. Not to mention dereliction of duty, from an attitude point of view, it made them seem very useless.

So, in Slim's mouth, the previous battle was packaged as the three of them resisting bravely, but ultimately being outnumbered and forced to retreat into the room by the escapees.

What was more favorable to them at this time was that Calvo was injured. Although the injury on his body wasn't very serious, the appearance of blood flowing made him look very miserable, which reduced Scrimgeour's resentment towards them a little.

After listening to Slim's account, Scrimgeour finally understood the general course of events, and he was also greatly shocked.

More than a dozen escapees escaped at the same time, and were not reacting to the Dementors' feeding, this was clearly a premeditated prison break.

And the other party was well-organized and acted extremely efficiently, not being at all concerned about the fight when facing the Aurors' interception, and escaping from the roof as soon as they forced them back.

Thinking of this, Scrimgeour's face almost turned green. So many vicious criminals escaping in an organized manner could cause a disaster, and at least cause a fatal blow to the reputation of the British Ministry of Magic.

"Mevis!"

Scrimgeour shouted loudly to the side, and Mevis, who had been promoted to deputy captain of the Chaser squad, leaned over.

"Three things!" Scrimgeour said sharply and concisely, "First, you lead two Auror squads to stay in Azkaban, and check the cells with Slim to determine the identity of the escaped wizard! Then report to us in time."

"Also..." Speaking of this, Scrimgeour glanced at the trembling trio of prison guards, "Send Calvo to the Magical Injuries Hospital, and take away all their wands, and arrange for someone to keep a close eye on them!"

Hearing this, the expressions of the Scrimgeour trio darkened, but they did not show any dissatisfaction.

Because Scrimgeour's arrangement was a normal procedure. Such a big accident had occurred in Azkaban, and their guards were to blame, and may even be accomplices or accomplices of the escapees.

Therefore, before the internal investigation was completed, they had to accept the monitoring of the Ministry of Magic. Scrimgeour was already giving them a lot of face by not taking them into custody on the spot.

"Second!" Scrimgeour didn't stop, and continued to order, "Immediately notify the Ministry of Magic to sound the red alert, and report the detailed situation here to the Minister and the heads of the various divisions. Remember to notify each division head in place. This accident must be carried out by the various departments to work together."

More than a dozen serious offenders escaped from Azkaban, which was no joke. Now this was no longer just the Auror Command Office, or the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

All the divisions of the Ministry of Magic had to contribute people and efforts to overcome this difficulty. For example, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, they needed to pull the detection and scanning magic circle of the Alchemy Room to the maximum power to monitor abnormal magical fluctuations throughout the UK.

There was also the International Magical Cooperation Department, they had to urgently contact the magical departments of other countries and inform them of this accident, because no one knew where these criminals would go after they escaped, and it would be a disaster if they slipped into other countries.

If they couldn't catch them in time later, they might have to issue an international arrest warrant. In short, it would be very troublesome to catch up with a prison break, and all departments of the Ministry of Magic would be unlucky.

"By the way." Scrimgeour seemed to have thought of something, and specifically mentioned, "Send a briefing to the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce as well, and ask Mr. Wilson for help, he may have a way to find those guys."

"Third!" After a pause, Scrimgeour continued, "Next, I will take the rest of the team back to the UK, but in view of the emergency, I don't have time to return to the command headquarters, you send instructions to the command headquarters for me."

"Order all Aurors in the command headquarters to enter a state of combat readiness, cancel all vacations and return to work immediately, and at the same time ensure that the dispatch center is in smooth communication. Once the whereabouts of those escapees are found, immediately report to me, the heads of the various departments, the Minister, and the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce. They must be organized before the criminals cause damage!"

"Yes!" Mevis nodded solemnly, then turned her head to assign tasks to the two Auror teams, while Scrimgeour left in a hurry with the others without leaving for a moment.

He was going to try his luck to see if he could block these escapees on the British border, because although Azkaban was located in the North Sea, it was closer to the UK. If those criminals wanted to save magic power, the best choice would be to land on British soil at the closest location, and then find a way to transfer.

On the other side, Anduin, who was far away in the laboratory of the Godric's Hollow Manor in the UK, researching Horcruxes, also received an emergency communication from Mevis.

Although Mevis had not yet been able to determine the specific identity of the fugitives at this time, Anduin still understood what had happened as soon as he heard the news.

After informing Mevis that he would fully cooperate with the Ministry of Magic in tracking down the fugitives, he happily closed the communicator in his hand.

"Beautiful, I didn't expect that Lockhart looks unreliable, but he is so efficient in doing things. It took less than a month to send all those Death Eaters out..."

Anduin nodded with satisfaction. He originally thought that this casually arranged idle chess would take at least a while to take effect, or even fail to take effect.

As a result, Lockhart was rarely very competitive, which made Anduin look at this old senior with admiration.

"Well... With this prison break accident, Azkaban will be successfully captured, and with the subsequent wanted and pursuit, the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce will have more room for operation. When the time comes, with proper operation, I can formulate the entire UK's security rules!"

Anduin grinned coldly. What he thought of first at this time was actually business matters, or in other words, his motivation for planning this prison break was somewhat impure.

"However, the premise for the smooth development of the matter is that these Death Eaters can escape smoothly. Now is not the time to be blindly happy." Anduin shook his head, and then began to check the current location of those Death Eaters.

The 'amulets' he gave to Lockhart were naturally not that simple. In addition to being able to resist the damage of Dementors, the more important thing was to provide him with positioning.

Moreover, what these Death Eaters didn't know was that as long as these amulets were put on their bodies once, these metal balls would inject a smaller locator into their bodies, which meant that the whereabouts of the Death Eaters had become almost transparent in his eyes.

"Huh? These Death Eaters are still brave enough to enter the UK, and even stay on the border." Anduin raised his eyebrows, "It seems that it won't be long before they are caught up by Scrimgeour, I have to find a way to help them..."

Anduin nodded, and then launched Apparition and disappeared in place.

And those Death Eaters, who were very stable before, did not cause any trouble after defeating several Auror guards, and successfully escaped from the prison roof where Apparition magic was not prohibited.

At that time, they transferred from Azkaban to the nearest British coast according to the established plan arranged by Rodolphus.

Rodolphus' consideration was that most of them did not have wands in their hands. If they carried out super-long-distance Apparition, there was a high possibility of accidents.

Therefore, they planned to take advantage of the fact that they had just escaped and the Ministry of Magic had not yet reacted, to raid one or two wizard gathering places and seize some wands, which would also facilitate their subsequent actions.